Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
by paulmd on Monday October 19, 2020 @11:41PM
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That seems like an after-the-fact justification, I don't think they knew for sure that courts would force apple to allow downstream development. I think that may be courts saving people's bacon from an upstream that was willing to let them burn if that's what made the upstream profit, until the court case is decided.
They obviously knew that Fortnight would get banned from the Appstore, and it was a business decision for them to make.
However, it would have been reasonable for them to assume that they would maintain their ability to still develop UnrealEngine, so they can publish source code for other developers to publish games from their own accounts. That overreach was Apple's doing.
It appears that the courts agreed as well, requiring Apple to allow Epic to continue UE4 development, while maintaining the Fortnight ban.